[Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

[wiki-list at phizz.demon.co.uk]

Ray Saintonge wrote:
> wiki-list at phizz.demon.co.uk wrote:
>> Domas Mituzas wrote:
>>   
>>>> The issue is when someone aggregates the data and associates with
>>>> an individual, and then makes publishes it. Or uses that data to
>>>> make public statements about a user.
>>>>       
>>> we don't associate data with individual, we associate data with
>>> pseudonym.
>>>     
>> And? People use the same pseudonym on more than one site just as they 
>> use the same password on more than one site. Besides some people even 
>> enter their real name.
>>   
> 
> Using a pseudonym or a real name is always an option available to 
> everyone.  In the past, cases where someone outed another who chose to 
> use a pseudonym have had severe consequences.  There has also always 
> been strong opposition to any proposal that users must sign up with real 
> names.


See you acknowledge that there is a problem when wiki activity is 
allowed to be associated with a named person. Yet the collation and 
aggregation of data which may make identification easier. What benefit 
does processing data about individual editors have?